Agenda item

Report of Director of Development and Regeneration (enclosed)

Permit Full Planning Permission, subject to conditions.

Application No:                  07/00489/FULMAJ

Proposal:            Proposed livestock building and associated access track

Location:            Bradley Hall, Parr Lane, Eccleston, Chorley

Decision:

It was proposed by Councillor Adrian Lowe, seconded by Councillor David Dickinson, and subsequently RESOLVED (11:0) to grant planning permission subject to the following conditions:

1. The proposed development must be begun not later than three years from the date of this permission.

Reason: Required to be imposed by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

2. The development hereby permitted shall not commence until full details of the colour, form and texture of all external facing materials to the proposed building(s) (notwithstanding any details shown on the approved plans) have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall only be carried out using the approved external facing materials.

Reason:  To ensure that the materials used are visually appropriate to the locality and in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5 and EP7 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

3. The building hereby permitted shall be used only for those purposes reasonably necessary for the purposes of agriculture within the unit, and where such use ceases for a period exceeding 6 months within 10 years of the date of this permission, the building shall be removed from the site and the land restored to its original condition prior to development.

Reason: To protect the character and appearance of the area, and avoid the proliferation of buildings in a countryside area for which there is not a continuing need, and in accordance with PPG2 and Policy Nos. DC1 and EP7 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

4. No development shall take place until a scheme of landscaping has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, notwithstanding any such detail which may have previously been submitted.  The scheme shall indicate all existing trees and hedgerows on the land; detail any to be retained, together with measures for their protection in the course of development; indicate the types and numbers of trees and shrubs to be planted, their distribution on site, those areas to be seeded, paved or hard landscaped; and detail any changes of ground level or landform.

Reason: In the interests of the amenity of the area and in accordance with Policy No.GN5 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

5. All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the occupation of any buildings or the completion of the development, whichever is the sooner, and any trees or plants which within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent to any variation.

Reason:  In the interest of the appearance of the locality and in accordance with Policy No GN5 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

6. Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted, a detailed method statement shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority (in conjunction with Lancashire County Council), implemented in full and maintained as such detailing how Great Crested Newts will be excluded from the development site during the works to construct the building.

Reason: In the interests of protecting Great Crested Newts and in accordance with Policy No. EP4 of the Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

7. Prior to the commencement of development, a scheme detailing the creation of an additional terrestrial habitat for Great Crested Newts and a schedule of implementation shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority (in conjunction with Lancashire County Council). The scheme shall thereafter be carried out in full in accordance with the schedule of implementation and approved details.

Reason: To protect Great Crested Newts and in accordance with Policy No. EP4 of the Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

8. Before the development hereby permitted is first commenced full details of existing and proposed ground levels and proposed building slab levels (all relative to ground levels adjoining the site) shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, notwithstanding any such detail shown on the approved plans. The development shall only be carried out in conformity with the approved details.

Reason:  To protect the appearance of the locality, in the interests of the amenities of local residents and in accordance with Policy Nos. GN5 and EP7 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.

9. No development approved by this permission shall be commenced until a scheme for the disposal of foul and surface waters has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Such a scheme shall be constructed and completed in accordance with the approved plans prior to the first use of the building for agricultural purposes.

Reason: To ensure a satisfactory means of drainage and in accordance with Policy Nos. EP17 and EP18 of the Adopted Chorley Borough Local Plan Review.